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SafeGuard Surveillance owner Ed Campbell wants to know what s driving Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration to block school districts from being reimbursed through federal COVID-19 relief funding for using his company s coronavirus surveillance testing. (Provided by SafeGuard Surveillance)
CHICAGO This story about coronavirus saliva tests might make you mad enough to spit.
It boils down to this question: Is Gov. J.B. Pritzker s administration trying to rig the market for coronavirus testing in public schools to favor University of Illinois budding COVID-19 testing operation, Shield Illinois?
That s difficult to answer, apparently.
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Pritzker s administration didn t respond to queries related to the very interesting timing, as one school district administrator put it, of a policy change on surveillance testing in schools. The change effectively made districts ineligible for reimbursement through federal coronavirus r
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Lombard-based DuPage for Progress to host candidate panels Feb 24-25 Local school board candidates, from left, Kathryn Padberg, Liz Brezinski, Sarah Novey and Kermit Eby gather signatures last November. On Feb. 24-25, DuPage for Progress is hosting virtual meet-and-greets with several of the local candidates running for election on April 6. Courtesy of Sarah Campagna
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On Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 24-25, Lombard-based DuPage for Progress will host two separate virtual meet-and-greets featuring local candidates running in the April 6, 2021 municipal election.
The Feb. 24 municipal candidate panel will be moderated by Lombard small business owner Catrina Kagel.
It will include Liz Brezinski (candidate for Lombard Village Clerk), Brian LaVaque (candidate for Lombard Village Trustee, District 1) and Julie Kowalski-Schmidt (candidate for Helen Plum Library Trustee).